View from Seed

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Isaac Cambron is co-founder and CTO of Zensight.co , whose pre-launch product enables sales reps to find and use their best content to close more deals. Below, he answers questions about developing products from scratch, as well as the difficult technology choices and tradeoffs CTOs must make. NextView Ventures: You just experienced something that most developers don’t ever see: zero code base at a company.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'by Chloe Hashemi, marketing consultant for film and video production company LAMBDA Films. As we near the end of a largely technology-centric year, it has become evident our dependence on the Internet and other digital services is not going to decrease in the years to come. At current rates, the Internet is estimated to gain six connections per second.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Howard Street in San Francisco on Tuesday morning looked different. The tarmac was visible and cars were actually using it. Outside Moscone Center, a local folk rock band, Blind Willies was playing. Excellent, but nowhere near the brand recognition of.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'With annual sales of more than $1 billion, Walmart is easily one of the largest companies in the United States. Based out of Arkansas, the company started with just one store and now has retail outlets all across the country. Though the company has its fair share of complaints, it manages to continue outperforming its previous sales records year after year.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Sean is the creator of The Growth List, helping you create a business around your lifestyle. This post originally appeared on The Growth List. One of the most difficult obstacles to overcome when you’re getting started as a freelancer or consultant is attracting the right clients, if any at all. It’s nothing like working the 9 to 5 where the work is there when you show up.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'by Sarah Kellner . According to Forbes, 52% of American small businesses are home based. Although many of these businesses operate primarily online, meeting with clients face to face is still a big component of many companies’ success. When preparing to welcome clients into your home, there are specific safety precautions you need to take to ensure your work environment is secure and prepared for any emergency.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Have you ever discovered a mention of your business on social media and thought, “How should I respond to that?” If the post is negative, you may be especially anxious to answer that question. Should you delete negative comments, respond with a counter-argument, or ignore them altogether? The following flow chart offers a helpful way to evaluate social media posts, and provides a response strategy for each.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'It’s thought that US student debt is more than the rest of the world combined. With $1.2 trillion outstanding, its impact on lifetime earnings – and career choices – can’t be overstated. Who can afford to launch their own startup when Uncle Sam knocks down the door each month? This dilemma is a catch-22; only the well-off can attend college debt-free, yet the gap between college and high school grads is growing.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'A lot of small business owners know their fields and industries like the back of their hand; it’s why they are so good at what they do. But when it comes to marketing your business, there might be a few (or more than a few) gaps in your formal education or training. That’s okay, because a simple solution is literally at your fingertips.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'In the last year we have had new investors lead rounds at about ten of companies (including two that are about to complete). In every case we are happy our new partners have come on board, but there were some processes that went better than others. Here’s what I think makes a process a good one from the perspective of the existing shareholders in a startup.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Seven startups pitched before Michael Dell and a panel of judges at Dell World and Austin-based PenPal Schools won the Pitch Days 2014 competition. “We were incredibly impressed,” with all of the startups, Dell said. “Ultimately we liked PenPal Schools as the winner.” PenPal Schools, a Capital Factory incubator company which moved to Austin three […] The post Austin-based PenPal Schools Wins the Dell World 2014 Pitch Slam Competition appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'When businesses get stale and lose their creativity and ability to innovate they do one of two things. They order in doughnuts or bagels and lots of coffee and call a staff meeting. Then they sit around a conference table, sweat and worry a lot while they brainstorm the same old ideas, hoping someone comes up with something new. Or, they hire a consultant, who usually knows less about their day-to-day routines than they do, and then they hope he (or she) finds a new way to innovate.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'As of next week, I, Tommy Walker, will be leaving my post as editor of ConversionXL. I’ve learned so much in this past year, and I owe so much to this blog. If you’ll allow, I’d like to share the 6 major lessons I’ve learned as the editor of this blog. . 6. “Conversion Optimization” Isn’t About Green Or Red Buttons.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Square’s Order ahead app (and their deprecated Wallet ) humanize transactions by supplying the merchant with my name and photo. Made me always feel like a regular when, with Wallet enabled, I could just order my coffee and have the person on register say “Thanks Hunter, you’re all taken care of!” Especially with smaller local merchants, the ability to create intimacy and relationship is a competitive advantage against chain stores and online retailers.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Gravitant, the leading software company in the enterprise cloud brokerage and management market, today announced it has expanded its Series B funding round by an additional $25M led by new investor Cielo Private Equity and existing investor S3 Ventures.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'While we are revisiting the issues raised by my (newly revised) book, Extending the Runway , we should examine the challenges to a CEO in making use of enterprise time, one of its most valuable and often misused assets. Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is defined as the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Intelligent computers are changing the world and replacing humans in many jobs and tasks, said Erik Brynjolfsson at Dell World. He is the director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and the co-author of the bestseller, “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a […] The post Technology is Taking Over in the Second Machine Age appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Early Growth Financial Services

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'On our previous webinar in this series, Bring Your Startup to the U.S., we covered reasons a startup might want to expand into or relocate to the U.S. This time, speakers: Joshua Siegel, General Partner for Rubicon VC, Bob Mollen, Partner with Fried Frank, and Glenn McCrae, EGFS Chief Strategy Officer, discussed the U.S. market’s value proposition, how to target and pitch investors, and creating a game plan, including making your startup attractive to local investors, for your raise.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'Upland Software, which makes cloud-based management software for companies, went public Thursday with its stock price opening up at $11 per share. The Austin-based company had priced its stock at $12 per share, the low end of the expected $12 to $14 range, with plans to raise $46.15 million. The company’s stock continued to fall […] The post Upland Software Goes Public appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

'How much do relationships really matter in business? “Relationships matter in this business.”. It’s an old maxim we’ve heard repeated since time immemorial—in reference to, it seems, just about every business under the sun. But at the end of the day, do better relationships actually translate into revenues? A growing body of research suggests that they do—and the difference is staggering.

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